Note on the Index
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations have been used in this index:
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| BWI: | British West Indies |
| commnr: | commissioner |
| Cllr: | Councillor ie member of a colony's council |
| Conn: | Connecticut |
| Del: | Delaware |
| Fla: | Florida |
| g in NC: | grantee of land in North Carolina |
| g in SC: | grantee of land in South Carolina |
| Ga: | Georgia |
| Ga Soc: | Georgia Society |
| LI: | Leeward Islands |
| m: | signatory of petition, delivered to the King on 9 November 1739, praying for
part of the value of Spanish prizes to be given to sufferers by Spanish depredations. Signatories are described collectively as 'merchants, planters and others
trading to and interested in the British plantations in America' |
| Md: | Maryland |
| Mass: | Massachusetts |
| NC: | North Carolina |
| N'foundland: | Newfoundland |
| NH: | New Hampshire |
| NJ: | New Jersey |
| N Scotia: | Nova Scotia |
| NY: | New York |
| Pa: | Pennsylvania |
| PC: | Privy Councillor |
| RI: | Rhode Island |
| RN: | Royal Navy |
| SC: | South Carolina |
| Va: | Virginia |
| WI: | West Indies |
Colonies and the British Government
The institutions and officials chiefly concerned with the administration of the colonies appear
in the index in the following forms:
Fane, Francis, legal adviser to Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
Hill, Thomas, secretary of Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
Pelham Holles, Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State
Privy Council
Privy Council, Committee of, for Plantation Affairs
Trade and Plantations, Commissioners for
Relevant matter under each of these heads has been arranged colony by colony.